Km. Preeti Singh, Meerut vs Ito, Noida on 31 October, 2018
(4.1.1) On perusal of Section 4(1) of I.T. Act, it is obvious that in the year under
consideration, no addition can be made in respect of investments in property made by
the assessee in earlier years or in respect of deposits in bank accounts of the assessee
made in earlier year which brought forward to this year for making cheque payments of
the aforesaid total amount of Rs. 6,05,100/-. Moreover, in any case, when certain
amounts were invested by the assessee and also, certain other amounts were deposited
in the bank account of the assessee, in previous years relevant to earlier A.Ys.; such
investments or deposits could not possibly have been out of the income of the previous
year under consideration (relevant to A.Y. 2009-10). It is well settled that each year
is separate and self-contained period. Income Tax is annual in its structure
and organization. We take strength from decisions reported at Kikabhai Premchand
vs. CIT 24 ITR 506(SC); ITO vs. Murlidhar Bhagwan Das [1964] 52 ITR 335 (SC); CIT
vs. British Paints India Ltd. 188 ITR 44(SC) and CIT vs. Basant Rai Takht Singh 1 ITR
197 (SC) for the proposition that each 'previous year' is a distinct unit of time for
the purposes of assessment and further, that the profits made; and the
liabilities of losses made before or after the relevant previous year are
immaterial in assessing income of a particular year; unless in accordance
with proviso to Section 4(1) of I.T. Act, there is statutory provision to the
contrary, authorizing income of a period other than the previous year under
consideration to be charged to income-tax (such as Section 71B of I.T. Act and Section
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